Quaker (not Oatmeal)?

Question

I recently heard about the religion Quaker.

Huh?

Answer 1

Ever wonder why there's a picture of a guy with a black hat on the box of oatmeal? The guy is a Quaker.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/quaker.htm

Quakers are also referred to as the "Religious Society of Friends" (or "Friends" for short):

* Friends believe that there exists element of God's spirit in every human soul. Thus all persons have inherent worth, independent of their gender, race, age, nationality, religion, and sexual orientation. Their opposition to sexism, racism, religious intolerance, warfare and the death penalty comes from this belief.

* Simplicity, pacifism, and inner revelation are long standing Quaker beliefs. Their religion does not consist of accepting specific beliefs or of engaging in certain practices; it involves each person's direct experience of God.

* There is a strong mystical component to Quaker belief. In the moving words of one reviewer of this essay, "In Meeting for Worship, God is there. God is probably always there, but in Meeting, I am able to slow down enough to see God. The Light becomes tangible for me, a blanket of love, a hope made living."

* They do not have a specific creed; however, many of the coordinating groups have created statements of faith. The statement by the largest Quaker body, the Friends United Meeting includes the beliefs in:
* true religion as a personal encounter with God, rather than ritual and ceremony
* individual worth before God
* worship as an act of seeking
* the virtues of moral purity, integrity, honesty, simplicity and humility
* Christian love and goodness
* concern for the suffering and unfortunate
* continuing revelation through the Holy Spirit

* Many do not regard the Bible as the only source of belief and conduct. They rely upon their Inner Light to resolve what they perceive as the Bible's many contradictions. They also feel free to take advantage of scientific and philosophical findings from other sources.

* Individual Quakers hold diverse views concerning life after death. Few believe in the eternal punishment of individuals in a Hell.

* All aspects of life are sacramental; they do not differentiate between the secular and the religious. No one day or one place or one activity is any more spiritual than any other.

* Quakers have had a tradition of opposing war. They have followed the beliefs of the early Christian movement which was strongly pacifist. Early Christians even refused to bring charges against others if there was a possibility of the death penalty being exercised. Together with the Amish, Church of the Brethren, and Mennonites, they made it possible for men to be classified as conscientious objectors.

Answer 2

Quaker Oatmeal came from Quaker farms,(originaly) Quakers are true pacifists a christian sub sect. Probably the closest to the teachings of the Mythical Jesus I have been able to identify. Google Pennsylvania Quakers.

Answer 3

Quaker -- "Religious Society of Friends"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fox

George Fox, often considered the Founder of the Society.

Answer 4

They are called Quakers because they believe in the Christian Religion so much, they quake during the sermons.

Answer 5

what about the Quaker religion see no question here.

Answer 6

Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of this country one of the greatest early American inventors, and discoverer of uses for electricity, plus a great American statesmen was a Quaker.
I am sure that if you researched it online, there is a lot of info about Quakers.

Answer 7

there is no longer something incorrect with it. for my area, the long cooking steel shrink oatmeal tastes extra suitable and specific has slightly extra nutritional value. besides the indisputable fact that, common Quaker oatmeal is solid for you too.

Answer 8

They were like Amish, they refused to fight. They believed that if people just quit hurting each other and they refused to fight in wars. That war would stop. So they were told they were afraid and called them quakers. However, it wasn't so easy for them to do that. some where shot and some were killed as cowards.
Beaten to dead and hung. Most joined the Amish and you don't I think see them around much today. Actually they were anything but cowards they were very brave. I think I agree with them, wouldn't it be nice if they called a war and nobody came.

Answer 9

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